@beardalaxy I think it's common to work on the next generation of consoles immediately after a new console comes out. I know Nintendo openly admits to it. Also, I think Microsoft is done with successors and is just doing upgrades for now on. That's why they are called "Series X and S".
@beardalaxy Maybe I should clarify. I'm not talking about mild shit like autism, OCD, or tourette's. I'm talking about those with shit like severe PTSD or those with really fucked up childhoods that they can never function normally.
Don't date or marry mentally ill people. Just don't. 9/10 times, they will take advantage of you or you will end up doing something innocent but will trigger them (in the case of those with PTSD). I have several family members that can attest to this.
Really, some people are fucked up to the point that they aren't worth saving. It's better to do what's best for yourself in these types of situations. Also, ask yourself, do you really want to raise your children with some lunatic?
@jeffcliff
>telling people to join a real instance.
Honestly, this is a better way to fight Meta's EEE as opposed to just blocking it.
@BowsacNoodle A few tips from a boy who grew up in the deep country but later moved to the suburbs:
learn canning/preserving/pickling, even if you’re married and stuff, seriously just fucking learn it
raw honey has a near infinite shelf life, we have a big jar we bought almost 20 years ago *If you have the space, start a small garden, check with your local DNR or whatever to find what’s local and what grows best in your region and according to your soil and space
Learn to make cheese from spoiled milk rather than just throwing it out, not only is it easier than you think it is, it’s delicious
Make friends with beekeepers, chicken owners, dairy farmers, etc.
If your community has it, please look into community supported agriculture.
Stockpile things slowly
If my calculations are correct, food insecurity is going to spike. I’m not trying to sound like a “the end is nigh” crackpot, but the supply chain is going to change and probably not for the better. @DEERBLOOD @MuscleOrc1221 @shedinja
@Pawlicker Only problem is that textboards never really caught on outside of Japan and if you look at the few English language textboards out there, they have a completely different culture (stormfagging is almost non-existent). The programming textboards in particular are full of non-sense shitposts that I have absolutely no idea what is going on.
I even brought up textboards as an alternative back when hosting companies were shutting down 8chan-bunkers (and by proxy, imageboards as a whole). Nobody liked this proposal because it would mean giving up creating OC on various events. Honestly, creating and sharing images and videos anonymously, is a huge part of anonymous internet culture in the West. Just look at all these viral images and videos that nobody knows who created them. They most likely originated on 4chan or any other imageboard. That can't happen on a textboard unless there is an anonymous image/video sharing platform that people can link to.
Also, I don't think 5ch and 8chan is a good comparison. I think textboards are pretty mainstream in Japan to the point that it's basically Japanese Reddit. And I don't think you can even use 5ch without using a Japanese IP address.
Anyway, I think imageboards might still have a chance. The problem is that the newer boards want to be like 8chan or even 4chan. I think they should fit a specific niche like anime, video games, politics, etc, and we can still use the same webring solution to "federate" them. If you were on the webring, you would notice that a lot of the popular boards were on Julay which even the owner admitted was a mistake. If you get enough sites, it would be hard to take the whole webring down.